FURLONG ROAD AND MAIN ROAD
LEVEL CROSSING
REMOVAL UPDATE
ISSUE #8 NOVEMBER 2016
Removing 50 dangerous
and congested level
crossings will transform
the way people live,
work and travel across
metropolitan Melbourne
and improve safety for
drivers and pedestrians.
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Sunbury line back up
and running
On Tuesday 1 November, trains travelled beneath both
Main Road and Furlong Road for the first time ever.
The new St Albans and Ginifer stations also opened with
commuters catching trains from the lowered platforms.
It has been a massive undertaking to lower the rail line underneath
Main and Furlong roads and connect it back to the existing tracks
within just four weeks. Over 700 staff completed more than
176,000 hours this October!
The excavated material removed during the major works was equivalent
to approximately 18 Olympic sized swimming pools. Some of the large
rock was then crushed off site and recycled back into the project, for
road paving and track support.
The project team worked around the clock to ensure the stations were
operational when trains resumed on the Sunbury line. Work will continue
around the stations until next year on car parks, landscaping, pedestrian
bridges and a new bus interchange at St Albans.
A massive thank you to the community and commuters for your
patience and understanding during major construction.
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Parking changes
this November
With work continuing around
the stations and at Main Road,
changes to parking remain.
Eleven angled street parking
spaces will be closed on
Main Road West to allow for
road widening, intersection
works and reconstruction as
parallel car spaces.
Please observe all signage
and instructions from our traffic
teams during this time.
Road works ahead
Furlong Road is now open to traffic and the old rail tracks and boom
gates are gone forever. Over the two week road closure the project team
completed drainage works, upgraded traffic signals and laid new asphalt
for a seamless drive over the once dangerous rail crossing.
With Furlong Road now open the focus has turned to Main Road works.
The Main Road level crossing is closed from 9pm Friday 4 November until 5am
Monday 28 November. A section of Main Road, McKechnie Street, West and East
Esplanades will also be closed to complete required intersection works.
During the road closures the project team will be:
• finishing the east approach slab for the Main Road bridge
• carrying out kerb, drainage, road widening and pavement works on
Main Road and West Esplanade
• relocating and installing new traffic signals, a signalling control system,
pits and conduits on Main Road
• laying new asphalt and line marking on all new surfaces around the
intersections
Pedestrian crossing –
Ruth Street delay
• building new footpaths and landscaping on Main Road
Please note that the opening of
the new Ruth Street pedestrian
crossing bridge will be delayed
to the end of November. The
pedestrian crossing at Inner
Circus will remain open as
a safe crossing zone.
• constructing the new 'Kiss and Ride' and Bus Interchange for St Albans Station.
• installing public lighting and CCTV
Community corner
During major works in October,
we held weekly community
Q&A sessions and viewing
nights complete with free hot
chocolates for those who
turned up in their pyjamas.
Despite the cold weather
on a couple of evenings,
local community members
turned up armed with plenty
of interesting questions.
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We hope everyone enjoyed
watching the works in progress.
While Main Road is closed the
traders in St Albans are open and
appreciate your continued business.
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